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Structural health monitoring is a proactive and technology-driven approach to safeguarding ageing infrastructure.
In the 18th century, mathematician Leonhard Euler tackled the perplexing problem of the Seven Bridges of Königsberg, laying the foundation for graph theory. Today, SpecterOps applies similar ...
These puzzles trace back to a problem that intrigued the great mathematician Euler: The Königsberg Bridges Problem. It asked whether you could walk through the city of Königsberg, crossing each of its ...
Trouble on the Leo Frigo Bridge has many remembering problems in Milwaukee.The Hoan Bridge was the scene of the most shocking bridge failure in Wisconsin.Thirteen years ago, a clean break in the ...
The problem has been solved for Bristol's 45 bridges by Thilo Gross, a young mathematician and Bristol University alumni, who contributes a chapter about the bridge problem in the book.
Crews are working to rectify a "problem" identified during the ongoing construction of the new Bridgewater Bridge, but the Tasmanian government is adamant it won't impact the project's cost or ...
Map of Königsberg, Prussia with its seven bridges in the 18th century. Puzzled locals and authorities made several attempts to solve the problem, all futile. As frustration mounted over the years, ...
At the time, geometry concerned quantitative notions like distance, angle and area. But while the bridge problem appeared geometric in nature, it didn’t ask for any kind of measurement.
If, say, your mower is 1 yard wide, and your lawn is 6.7 yards wide by 8.3 yards long, then an optimal mow is not possible. Cutting lengthwise will yield seven 8.3-yard-long columns and a double ...
The just-opened eastern span of the Bay Bridge, already beset by questions about flawed welds and cracked steel rods, has a new problem: It leaks. Rainwater is dripping into the steel structure ...